Just so long as an independent committee of some standing have overseen a sufficient number of applications, interviewed as many times as possible, and followed due process.

If that person turns out to be Barb, I couldn't care less. At the very least, it's something new to whinge about, rather than the usual appointment by mate.

Thought he did OK with St Kilda as an assistant under Lyon. He was their defensive coach I think and at the time, particularly under the Lyon gameplan they were a solid defensive unit. Not sure he is an unknown quantity. Not sure he is a good Knee Jerk reaction replacement either but he isnt an unknown quantity, he has been working his apprenticeship in the coaching ranks.

Just so long as an independent committee of some standing have overseen a sufficient number of applications, interviewed as many times as possible, and followed due process.

If that person turns out to be Barb, I couldn't care less. At the very least, it's something new to whinge about, rather than the usual appointment by mate.

Who is possible candidates?

Old, hard edged, tried coach?
Young assistant who has aspirations?
Carlton legend who is selected internally and makes us look inbred?
Burnt out try hard coach who failed at another club?

Who?

Sorry to bore, but

If you were a coach wanting a great list...

Carlton....NOW!

Yeah, that is the answer.

New coach. Best knee jerk reaction by the talking carlton brainstrust.

Ok Carlton have lost 3 games this season.

Loss #1 - Essendon*.
Essendon* at the time looked like pretenders, but they are surely contenders this year. They have only lost one game this season by 1 pt to collingwood. 3rd on the ladder at the moment

Loss #2 - St Kilda
Up until yesterday week they were in the top 8, now sitting 9th. They are a respectable team. They came out and smashed us and tagged murphy out of the game and no one else stood up. They really smashed our midfield.

Loss #3 - Adelaide
Currently sitting 2nd on the ladder. Smashed Geelong last week and smashed Carlton yesterday. Adelaide put immense pressure on Carlton and made Carlton look bad, by forcing Carlton to make mistakes. Carlton were suffocated and never recovered.

So in summary, we have 3 losses, 2losses to the two best teams in the league at present and 1 loss to a team that was in the 8 last week.

So based on that, we should throw out the coach and start a new gameplan next season. Makes sense doesn't it.

Carlton need a key forward to be alongside Waite. Until we do that, we won't have a complete spine.

A mate who is a Carlton supporter felt that we should've went after
Damien Hardwick before the club re-signed Ratten at the end of 2009.

Not sure what he sees in Hardwick but believes he is a coach who can get
the most out of players.

Even with the good year that we had last year, my mate still went on about Harwick
and even stated that if Harwick stays at Richmond, that they will have more success than us.

He flat out doesnt like Ratten as a coach !

I personally dont rate Hardwick but over the last few weeks on how Carlton and Richmond
have been playing you gotta wonder !!!!!

My choice - Malthouse !

You all know you want him..... Yes that's right, the list manager- terry Wallace.

Barry from the pub would have assembled a more balanced lisst than the one we have currently

With some clever list management and a new coach we will be up there again.
Our list is ok.. its just unbalanced.
Our team has been training behind closed doors cos it knew that if the opposition got a sniff of what we were doing... we would be in all sorts.

Actually... im interested to see how we bounce back from this.
Do we contrinue doing the same ol' in outs or do we come up with something else.

Do we even look at the opposition and go to town on their weaknesses???